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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

The Tastemaker Top 10 with Rachel of An Eventful Life

The
Tastemaker Top 10 is a collection of 10 questions asked by me and
answered by some of my favorite bloggers. Here they will tell you a
little bit about themselves, their blogs, and of course, their favorite
foods and restaurants. Today we're talking to Rachel, a fellow Chicago blogger behind the adorable lifestyle blog An Eventful Life. She's recently engaged (congrats!) and always has fun posts to share about food, fashion, and more...

Location: Chicago, ILIn a few sentences, tell us a little bit about your blog. A lifestyle blog featuring recipes, fashion DIY and bits and pieces of my eventful life.

Now, tell us about your...1. Favorite meal, food, or cuisine: Seafood. Even when at the fanciest of steak houses I almost always choose seafood over meat. Lobster and salmon are my favorites.2. Least favorite meal, food, or cuisine: Anything with mushrooms! 3. Favorite restaurant in your city: It's nothing fancy, but Butcher and the Burger is my go to for a delicious meal. (It's also the only place I actually ever order a burger at)4. Favorite restaurant outside of your city:Poogan's Porch in Charleston, South Carolina. I still dream about their shrimp & grits. 5. Favorite guilty pleasure food: I have huge sweet tooth so anything covered in frosting and sprinkles.

6. Favorite ingredient (something you love to cook with, or something you see on a menu and know you have to order): If there is goat cheese in it, on it or around it I'm probably going to order it. Same goes for Brussels sprouts.

7. Favorite kitchen tool, utensil, product, etc.: My KitchenAid mixer. After years of longing for one, my fiance surprised me with one for my birthday this past year. It's been life changing.

8. Favorite recipe: Growing up I had a kids cookbook with a recipe for porcupine meatballs in it. It's the first thing I remember cooking and to this day it still reminds me of my childhood everytime I have them.

9. Favorite thing about blogging: Getting to meet such wonderfully talented ladies (and gents!) that share a similar passion.

10. Five favorite blogs/blogs that A Squared readers should know about:
- Sally's Baking Addiction: my go to for mouth-watering dessert receipes
- Iowa Girl Eats: Great for simple, healthy meals
- Design Darling: My go to for fashion & home decor inspiration
- Cedar and Rush: If you live in Chicago, you need to follow this lady to stay in the know on fab events in the city.
- Style Me Pretty: Since I'm knee-deep in wedding planning right now, I can't get enough of the beautiful weddings featured here each day.

Thanks so much for your thoughts, Rachel!

Do
you have a blogger that you'd recommend to be featured on the
Tastemaker Top 10? Or are you a blogger that would like to participate?
Email me at aasquaredblog@gmail.com and let me know!

A Squared is all about life, love, and the pursuit of great food here in the fabulous city of Chicago. I love food: both cooking (it's my therapy) and trying new restaurants. You can also find me exploring Chicago, traveling, drinking wine, studying architecture, and spending time with my husband, friends & family. And I will share it all with you here.
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